Crimes, harms, and wrongs : on the principles of criminalisation /
Author / Creator: | Simester, A. P. |
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Imprint: | Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2011. |
Description: | xix, 237 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8295533 |
Summary: | When should we make use of the criminal law? Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs offers a philosophical analysis of the nature and ethical limits of criminalisation. The authors explore the scope of harm-based prohibitions, proscriptions of offensive behaviour, and 'paternalistic' prohibitions aimed at preventing self-harm, developing guiding principles for these various grounds of state prohibition. Both authors have written extensively in the field. They have produced an integrated, accessible, philosophically-sophisticated account that will be of great interest to legal academics, philosophers, and advanced students alike. |
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Physical Description: | xix, 237 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781841139401 1841139408 |